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MESSAGE    OF    THE    PllESlDENT. 

Richmond,  Va.,  Jiiu.    II,    |S('1. 
To  tk'    ScnaU-  and    Ihxtse  of  J-ippirsfntatiirx  : 

I  licrewith  jsiiltmit  for  your  consideration,  a  commuuicatiou  tVotn 
the  Altoinoy  (Jeneral,  containing  an  estimate  of  an  additional  sutfi 
required  by  the  Departuicnt  of  Juf^tice. 

1  recommend  that  ;in  appropriation  be  made  of  the  amount  specifi«d 
ior  the  purpose  indicated. 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 


(X)MMUNICATION   FROM   ATTOllNEY  GENERAL. 

CONFF.DEKATK    Si  AXES    OF      AmERICA,  ) 

Department  of  Jmtice^         ■ 
Richmond,  January  0,  1864.  S 

To  inn  President  : 

StK  :  The  late  and  unexpecft-d  large  retjuisitians,  which  have  been 
drawn  in  favor  of  marshals,  have  shown  a  deficiency  in  the  appro- 
priatitm  for  llie  sahiries  of  judges  and  attorneys  and  for  incidentai 
and  contingent  expenses  of  courts,  from  tlie  1st  of  July,  186.'j,  to  the 
Slstof  December,  I8G3. 

It  is  e-Jiii!jated  that  the  sum  of  sevenieeu  thousand  dollars  will  be 
rcjuired  (o  meet  the  deticiency. 

Your  obedient   servant, 

GEO.  DAVIS, 

Attorney  General. 


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